In just this short exchange, Rengoku noticed something unusual.
Although the abilities displayed by the man before him were no different from the Hiruko he knew before, based on his years of combat experience and understanding of his enemies, Rengoku knew very well that Hiruko absolutely did not possess such outstanding combat awareness and adaptability.
So Rengoku slowly closed his eyes and fully activated his unique Kagura Mind's Eye ability.
By sensing and analyzing the chakra flow around him, Rengoku almost instantly learned the true identity of the mysterious man before him.
Black Zetsu!
After a brief moment of thought, Rengoku immediately made a decision.
His figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye he transformed into Uchiha Itachi's appearance while firmly locking his gaze onto Black Zetsu.
"Amaterasu!"
Black flames instantly exploded across Black Zetsu's body.
Black Zetsu's reaction speed was extremely fast. Right as the Amaterasu flames touched his body, the Mangekyo patterns in his eyes spun rapidly like lightning.
In an instant, powerful chakra surged out. The huge and mighty skeleton of Susanoo instantly formed and violently thrust upward.
With a loud boom, the blazing Amaterasu flames were forcefully pushed away.
Right after that, Black Zetsu's body flashed and quickly sank underground like a ghost before emerging from another spot nearby in the blink of an eye.
But Rengoku did not continue pursuing Black Zetsu. Instead, he turned his eyes toward Hidan not far away.
Almost immediately, another blazing Amaterasu flame smashed toward Hidan.
Usually, Hidan was arrogant and loudmouthed, but before the power of Amaterasu, he could do absolutely nothing.
Even though he had an immortal body and would not truly die, the unbearable pain was completely real.
When the pitch-black Amaterasu flames mercilessly landed on him, Hidan, who had been shouting wildly nonstop, instantly let out miserable screams like a pig being slaughtered, "Ah! What the hell is this thing?"
"Ah! Ah! Ah! It hurts like hell!"
At this moment, Hidan looked like a roasted grasshopper, constantly rolling and twisting on the ground trying to reduce the burning pain.
But no matter how much he struggled, the Amaterasu flames remained tightly attached to him without any sign of going out.
Watching this scene, Black Zetsu could not help but frown.
After all, Hidan was not like him and did not possess many ways to deal with Amaterasu flames.
He secretly cursed his bad luck and started regretting bringing this useless idiot along.
Originally, he planned to use Hidan's abilities to weaken the Uchiha clan's strength.
Who would have thought that after struggling for so long, not only had they failed to get the opponent's blood, but they had instead fallen into such a passive situation.
Looking at it now, Hidan was simply complete trash.
Although Fugaku had not appeared here, the other three Mangekyo Sharingan users were all present.
After some secret observation, he had roughly obtained the information he wanted.
In the current situation, Fugaku's Mangekyo had most likely lost its usefulness.
Otherwise, with his abilities, there was no way he would refuse to show himself for this long.
At that moment, Black Zetsu rapidly formed a Storm Release seal with his hands.
In an instant, massive chakra burst out from his body like raging tides.
Right after that, an enormous beam of light shot into the sky as if it wanted to tear apart the heavens.
Seeing this, Rengoku remained completely calm. He swiftly made combat hand signals toward Makumi and Shisui nearby.
At the same time, he once again used Amaterasu without hesitation and directly attacked Black Zetsu.
But the moment the black flames touched Black Zetsu's body, they were blocked by a suddenly appearing Susanoo.
Almost at the exact same moment, after receiving Rengoku's signal, Makumi quickly drew his longbow and nocked an arrow containing terrifying energy.
As he released the bowstring, the energy arrow turned into a streak of light and shot out at lightning speed.
Powerful chakra waves burst from Shisui's body.
The next moment, a green Susanoo dozens of meters tall rose from the ground.
A tomoe at the center of Shisui's Susanoo chest rapidly spun, and countless dazzling light arrows shot out like torrential rain.
But surprisingly, the target of Makumi's attack was not Black Zetsu at all.
It was—
'Hidan?'
At this moment, Hidan was still being tortured by the blazing black Amaterasu flames. He rolled painfully on the ground while constantly letting out miserable screams.
Just then, Makumi's powerful energy arrow shot over like lightning and accurately struck Hidan's body.
A large explosion rang out—
Boom!
After taking the attack head-on, Hidan's body instantly exploded into countless pieces, flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Large amounts of broken limbs scattered in every direction. The scene was extremely bloody.
At the same time, the green arrow rain from Shisui's side completely blocked Black Zetsu's escape path.
But the cunning Black Zetsu had never planned to save Hidan from the beginning.
Because he knew Hidan possessed immortality and would not die that easily.
Even if he was blown into pieces, it did not matter. As long as they retrieved Hidan's head, they could simply wait for him to slowly regenerate.
Black Zetsu quickly rose into the air. A thick chakra beam shot straight into the sky as though connecting heaven and earth.
This move attracted huge black clouds that covered the sky and sun, giving off an oppressive and terrifying feeling.
Right after that, Black Zetsu's strange Sharingan slowly began turning, and mysterious eye power continuously poured into the sky.
In an instant, dazzling lightning bolts danced like silver snakes and violently struck toward the Uchiha clan grounds.
If those violent lightning strikes hit their target, the innocent civilians of the Uchiha clan would definitely suffer terrible casualties.
According to Black Zetsu's original plan, faced with such a dangerous situation, those three people would surely rush back to the clan grounds for rescue.
But what he never expected was that the three of them showed absolutely no reaction and had no intention of returning.
When the violent lightning crashed down, a massive purple barrier suddenly rose from inside the Uchiha clan grounds.
As light flashed, the barrier rapidly expanded and finally completely covered the entire clan grounds like an indestructible shield.
(End of the Chapter) ✅